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We’re on a mission at Zippia to criss-cross the country looking for the best and worst places for jobs.
Today, we set our sites on the worst cities to find a job in Arkansas after looking at the best places in Arkansas a short while ago.
These cities did not have the grit needed to make it to the big leagues and get that big promotion we all hope to get.
After looking at the data for the 100 biggest cities in Arkansas, the ten worst cities to find a job in the Natural State are:
Marianna Dumas Helena-West Helena Mcgehee Corning Piggott Forrest City Newport Fordyce West Memphis
Read on to see how we did it.
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How We Determined The Worst Places For Jobs In The Natural State
After getting the data for every place in Arkansas, we ultimately decided to limit our analysis to the biggest places with over 5,000 people.
That left us with 100 cities.
We then ranked each place across a number of criteria from one to 100, with 1 being the worst in any given category.
Finally, we took the average rank across all criteria, with the place posting the lowest overall score gaining the title “Worst City In Arkansas To Find A Job”.
The criteria we looked at were:
1. Marianna
Population: 4,134Recent Job Growth: -8.30%Future Job Growth: 14.00%
2. Dumas
Population: 4,666Recent Job Growth: -4.97%Future Job Growth: 20.80%
3. Helena-West Helena
Population: 12,227Recent Job Growth: -3.87%Future Job Growth: 23.00%
4. Mcgehee
Population: 4,185 Recent Job Growth: -4.97%Future Job Growth: 20.80%
5. Corning
Population: 3,349Recent Job Growth: -4.18%Future Job Growth: 22.50%
6. Piggott
Population: 3,818Recent Job Growth: -4.18%Future Job Growth: 22.50%
7. Forrest City
Population: 15,245Recent Job Growth: -1.94%Future Job Growth: 26.70%
8. Newport
Population: 7,848Recent Job Growth: -3.78%Future Job Growth: 23.80%
9. Fordyce
Population: 4,302 Recent Job Growth: -1.51%Future Job Growth: 28.00%
10. West Memphis
Population: 26,133Recent Job Growth: -1.15%Future Job Growth: 26.60%
Wrapping It Up With Friday Night Drinks
After crunching all the numbers, Marianna took the “top” spot as the worst city in Arkansas for a job.
So while the economy continues to improve and jobs become available across the state of Arkansas, these cities lag behind.
Hopefully they can catch up before they miss their next bonus.
Detailed List Of Worst Places In Arkansas To Get A Job
City
Rank
Population
Recent Job Growth
Future Job Growth
marianna 1
4,134
-8.30%
14.00%
dumas 2
4,666
-4.97%
20.80%
helena-west helena 3
12,227
-3.87%
23.00%
mcgehee 4
4,185
-4.97%
20.80%
corning 5
3,349
-4.18%
22.50%
piggott 6
3,818
-4.18%
22.50%
forrest city 7
15,245
-1.94%
26.70%
newport 8
7,848
-3.78%
23.80%
fordyce 9
4,302
-1.51%
28.00%
west memphis 10
26,133
-1.15%
26.60%
pine bluff 11
48,704
-1.26%
27.40%
blytheville 12
15,614
-1.61%
27.70%
brinkley 13
3,186
-3.11%
27.90%
osceola 14
7,726
-1.61%
27.70%
ozark 15
3,684
-1.70%
30.60%
magnolia 16
11,707
-1.84%
29.50%
crossett 17
5,493
-1.09%
28.00%
manila 18
3,308
-1.61%
27.70%
walnut ridge 19
4,859
-1.08%
30.70%
gosnell 20
3,547
-1.61%
27.70%
monticello 21
9,599
-0.29%
30.70%
north crossett 22
3,541
-1.09%
28.00%
mena 23
5,735
-1.09%
31.20%
wynne 24
8,372
-2.13%
29.10%
hot springs 25
35,459
-1.16%
31.10%
warren 26
5,997
-0.33%
31.20%
van buren 27
22,722
-1.70%
30.70%
alma 28
5,384
-1.70%
30.70%
pocahontas 29
6,617
-0.49%
31.50%
marion 30
12,166
-1.14%
28.00%
dardanelle 31
4,703
-1.28%
32.00%
fort smith 32
86,382
-1.70%
30.90%
batesville 33
10,252
-0.14%
32.30%
barling 34
4,648
-1.70%
31.00%
piney 35
4,419
-1.16%
31.60%
russellville 36
28,068
-1.27%
31.60%
jacksonville 37
28,551
-0.94%
31.20%
white hall 38
5,434
-1.26%
28.90%
atkins 39
3,013
-1.28%
31.60%
greenwood 40
8,940
-1.70%
31.00%
texarkana 41
29,972
-0.87%
31.50%
morrilton 42
6,753
0.09%
33.80%
hope 43
10,085
-0.17%
33.90%
hot springs village 44
13,251
-1.16%
31.60%
camden 45
12,066
0.91%
33.80%
prescott 46
3,297
-0.19%
34.20%
rockwell 47
4,041
-1.16%
31.60%
el dorado 48
18,882
0.68%
33.50%
conway 49
59,664
-0.94%
32.30%
north little rock 50
62,817
-0.94%
32.40%
nashville 51
4,634
0.41%
34.90%
little rock 52
193,691
-0.94%
32.40%
beebe 53
7,347
0.80%
34.10%
greenbrier 54
4,706
-0.94%
32.30%
clarksville 55
9,170
0.11%
34.40%
de queen 56
6,557
0.65%
35.50%
searcy 57
22,873
0.80%
34.10%
landmark 58
3,282
-0.94%
32.50%
vilonia 59
3,821
-0.94%
32.30%
malvern 60
10,468
-0.18%
34.20%
sherwood 61
29,406
-0.94%
32.50%
lonoke 62
4,259
-0.94%
32.90%
sheridan 63
4,691
-0.95%
32.60%
paragould 64
26,222
1.11%
35.30%
arkadelphia 65
10,779
1.22%
36.30%
gibson 66
3,817
-0.94%
32.50%
booneville 67
3,990
0.55%
35.40%
trumann 68
7,218
1.53%
36.80%
maumelle 69
16,965
-0.94%
32.50%
harrison 70
13,026
1.07%
36.00%
heber springs 71
7,131
1.54%
35.80%
mountain home 72
12,371
1.57%
36.70%
ward 73
4,114
-0.94%
32.90%
paris 74
3,539
0.55%
35.40%
cabot 75
23,670
-0.94%
32.90%
ashdown 76
4,681
0.80%
35.40%
haskell 77
4,019
-0.94%
33.10%
east end 78
6,110
-0.94%
33.10%
waldron 79
3,597
0.65%
36.20%
dewitt 80
3,292
0.08%
35.30%
fayetteville 81
74,191
0.07%
35.50%
benton 82
30,736
-0.94%
33.20%
bryant 83
17,172
-0.94%
33.10%
shannon hills 84
3,137
-0.94%
33.10%
stuttgart 85
9,313
0.08%
35.30%
cherokee village 86
4,747
2.07%
38.40%
siloam springs 87
15,103
0.07%
35.60%
gentry 88
3,177
0.07%
35.60%
rogers 89
56,208
0.07%
35.60%
jonesboro 90
67,550
1.53%
37.70%
berryville 91
5,321
2.72%
40.90%
farmington 92
5,974
0.07%
35.60%
bella vista 93
26,267
0.07%
35.60%
springdale 94
70,087
0.07%
35.90%
prairie grove 95
4,418
0.07%
35.60%
centerton 96
9,395
0.07%
35.60%
pea ridge 97
4,751
0.07%
35.60%
johnson 98
3,348
0.07%
35.60%
lowell 99
7,377
0.07%
35.60%
bentonville 100
35,635
0.07%
35.70%
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